the sidepeices - darklight
90

it's about that time.
it's about all the time spent getting a new bike, saying fuckin anything in discord calls, all the good nights, all the bad nights.

it's about everything collaged here into 64 minutes of decorated time. of a duality between these hard, goofy experimental hip hop songs and these vulnerable, quietly devastating folktronica/ambient songs: "mish" where time feels like it's warping, attempting to start, before it sounds like it's telling you ... read more

the sidepeices - darkskin niggas with lightskin problems
100

altogether unserious and sincere, sentimental, scary, hilarious, anxious, and ecstatic. and just hard. shit doesn't make sense, but as the last track psalm 23:1 says, this is how it's meant to go. "heavensent, it's no accident that you are in my life."

there are very few other albums for me that sound like what it feels like to be alive now, in all its confusion and beauty.

Björk - Vulnicura
90

I don't understand why people are hating on Quicksand, it's one of my favorites on the album.
Asides from being an absolutely gorgeous listen, the subject matter strikes a very personal chord with me.
Some songs could be a little shorter (like Notget) but overall it's one of my favorites this year.

Stonemilker, Lionsong, Black Lake, Quicksand

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